Festivals in India are known for strengthening family values. It is also a time which brings the entire family together at a place, and forgetting all the worse matters of the past, we tend to bond with each other. One such festival is that of Karwa Chauth, which is known for building love and respect among the individuals of a family. Moreover, the positive spirit of the festival and with pure dedication of the married women while performing the day-long fast they can easily bring well-being, health and success to their husbands.
This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 13, 2022. And as the festival is knocking at the door, here are some methods which can be easily done during the ritual. In turn, these will solve disputes between husband-wives, and also many other problems in the family. So, without much ado, let's delve into the list of easy-to-do remedies to be done on the day of the Karwa Chauth festival.
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Karwa Chauth celebrations begin with the married women getting gifts from their mothers as baya, which include clothes, jewellery, money, sweets, etc and from their mothers-in-law, they get a beautiful sargi, i.e., a plate full of delicacies to be eaten before starting her day-long fast. Afterwards, the married women are seen celebrating the entire fasting day with the application of henna and doing solah sringaar. Then they begin the various kinds of pujas including Shiva-Parvati, Ganesha, Kartikeya and Mata Karva which go on one after the other, throughout the day on Krishna Chaturthi. Finally, as the moon rises, they offer sweets and water to the moon and the same to their husbands, who then break their fasts and treat them to a scrumptious meal. This pure dedication by the lady is said to bring prosperity to her home and her husband's life.
However, many married couples may have certain tensions going on in their lives, such as growing disinterest in each other, financial crisis at home or their happiness may get drained and many more. In these cases, there are some special measures which are easy to perform and can solve these problems at a go. So let's look at the various problems which can be solved by performing these methods during Karwa Chauth:
In case, when there is a constant rift between husband-wives, and often differences are seen between the duo, then a simple procedure needs to be followed on Karwa Chauth. On this day, make 5 laddus of gram flour, 5 tresses of flour-sugar along with 5 bananas and 250 grams of soaked grams feed it to a cow. It is believed that by doing this simple act, the differences between husband and wife decreases and attachment towards each other increases. Moreover, offering jaggery to Lord Ganesha on this day, adds sweetness to the couple's married life.
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Another simple way of reducing the constant fights between husband and wife on Karwa Chauth is to keep two brooms in the reverse direction. Afterwards, the brooms should be tied with a blue thread and kept in a non-disturbing southwest direction of the house. After performing this, it is believed that the bitterness of a relationship is reduced.
Many women tend to face the problem that their husbands don't pay them proper attention. Undoubtedly, doing Karwa Chauth helps in bringing husbands closer to them. But one more totka which can easily be followed on this day by the married and fasting women is that you just have to make 21 tablets of jaggery with Durva (Doob grass) and offer it to the son of Mata Gauri, Gajanan. This helps in removing the feeling of separation in the husbands forever.
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Financial stability is the key to every successful relationship. However, many times, we face problems like running out of money despite intensive hard work. So, to bring financial stability, on the day of Karwa Chauth, one should make 5 bundles of haldi in the form of 5 bales and vermillion bindi-filled betel leaves and offer it to Lord Ganesha while chanting the mantra 'Om Shree Gandhipataye Namah' or 'Om Ridhi Siddhi Vinayakaya Namah'. It is said that after doing this, financial wishes are fulfilled.
With the passing of time, sometimes love may fade into fights between married couples. Even, sometimes a question of trustworthiness arises and this in turn can be hugely detrimental to the husband-wife relationship. So, in such a situation, while performing the Karwa Chauth ritual, it is said to make 11 Gomti Chakra in boxes coloured with vermillion and should be kept hidden at some corners of the house. This can then easily reduce the gap between the couple.
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Fights and rebounds are definitely a common phenomenon in every household. However, if fights surpass a family's peace and happiness, then it should be solved immediately. So, fasting women can perform this simple trick by wearing yellow-and-red-hued ensembles. After which, she should chant the mantra 'Om Umamaheshwarabhyam Namah' while offering prayers to Goddess Durga at the time of Karva Chauth. However, it shouldn't be forgotten that the clothes must be kept in a safe place from the next day onwards.
A Husband and wife's relationship is said to be of a sacred form which can't be shared with others. Undoubtedly, every woman wants to keep her husband's life away from all negative energies. Thus, to do so, a fasting-and-married woman must write her and her life partner's name with golden ink on a red paper. Afterwards, the paper should be kept on a red-coloured silk cloth and along with 50 grams of yellow mustard and two Gomti Chakras, a bundle should be made out of it. This bundle should be kept away from everyone's eyes. Next year, this should be replaced with the new one to maintain the love for eternal time, and the old one should be immersed in running water the following day.
Who doesn't want to remove all burdens of debt from their head? However, no matter how much we struggle to pay the monthly instalments, the debt is hardly reduced. So, on the day of Karwa Chauth, one should offer ghee and jaggery to Lord Ganesha while praying to him to solve their problems. Afterwards, the jaggery should be fed to a cow. It is said, this practise can easily eliminate the debts of the family.
Well, ladies here you go with all the simple totkas that can be performed on Karwa Chauth to resolve problems in marriage and family. Let us know, which one amazed you the most?
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